VELAMEN
\vˈɛle͡ɪmˌɛn], \vˈɛleɪmˌɛn], \v_ˈɛ_l_eɪ_m_ˌɛ_n]\
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By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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[Latin] A membrane (anat.); a sheath of tracheides at the apex of the aerial roots of Orchids (bot.).
By J.H. Kenneth
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Enveloping membrane esp. of brain. [Latin]
By Sir Augustus Henry
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).